> Declare...
>
> body {background: transparent;}
> ...and it will look like IE7 and older behave, even if they don't.
>
> The reason for this is that the body element has "Layout" in old IE, and
> therefore expands to below footer - covering the background on the html
> element
> in the process.
> Not so in better browsers, as your many float styles keep #page, and thereby
> the
> body element, from expanding below the header.
WOOT! Of course! It's not the sidebar that is making the white background,
because the sidebar has a grey background color... it's the body element! Duh!
Thanks for helping. Got anything for my clearing footer problem?
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